A transparent interface to state-space search programs

  • Authors:
  • Steven L. Tanimoto;Stefano Levialdi

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Washington;University of Rome "La Sapienza"

  • Venue:
  • SoftVis '06 Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Software visualization
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

We present a visual interface for a variety of programs that employ state-space search methods. The interface displays a tree of the states visited so far, and it permits user interaction through manipulation of the tree. The interface is implemented in a domain-independent Python module. We give illustrations of its application in three domains: classical problem solving, image processing, and composition of musical motifs. The interface exemplifies a class of techniques for bringing a form of transparency to computer systems.